Rome, Giuliani Foundation reopens with solo exhibition of young German artist Esther Kläs

The Giuliani Foundation reopens with Maybe it can be different, the first exhibition in Rome by Barcelona-based German artist Esther Kläs.

On view through June 13, the exhibition includes a variety of works, including sculptures, ceramics, oil drawings, wool tapestries and films, which both embody the artist’s commitment to experimentation with materials and underscore her interest in gesture and movement.

Although rooted in the contemporary, Kläs is heavily influenced by minimalism, though she blurs it with practical craftsmanship and a sensitivity toArte Povera.

She often returns to similar forms in her work: rounded figures, curves, hands, volumes that fold in on themselves, but are always shifting, different in their repetition.

Working with malleable materials, any possibility of a smooth, pristine surface is eschewed in favor of rough-hewn, undulating surfaces that are tactile and tangible.

The making of the work is embedded in the work itself, often appearing in its final manifestation with visible fingerprints left during the working of the surface.

And although his essential constellation of objects may often be completely reduced in appearance, each object appears almost as a kind of energy-laden tool residual from a dark and sacred ritual.

The interrelationship between form, space and movement is necessary to further immerse oneself in the artist’s practice, as is his engagement with the viewer’s physicality.

The exhibition display is delineated as a set of precisely staged relationships in which the works communicate and resonate with each other.

Refraining from any sense of theatricality, the most abstract space acts as a critical element of the works, as well as a compass for the viewer’s movements.

Indeed, he himself is an essential component of the exhibition, as the works both demand to be examined from different points of view and solicit a sense of movement, gesture and rhythm.

For all information you can email info@fondazionegiuliani.org or visit the official website of the Giuliani Foundation.

Rome, Giuliani Foundation reopens with solo exhibition of young German artist Esther Kläs

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